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Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Grapevine Christmas Wreath

Hello and Happy December 1st to you! This is Kristen today and I wanted to share my easy grapevine Christmas wreath with you today.

This is a pretty quick, easy project, and I would say inexpensive as well.

To make the wreath, I used a simple grapevine wreath, I think mine is about 13-14 inches around, and you can see, it's imperfect- which makes me smile. You can chose a more perfect wreath for yourself if you'd like.

To make the central part of the wreath, I used a Journal Spot from St. Nick cutouts. First I glued it to a stiff piece of scrap chipboard- this is where those pieces from used up note pads come in. Then I cut it out along the border.

Next I layered in another piece cut from the St. Nick cutouts, a circle matted with red scallops, some holly leaves, buttons with gems, and a rubon Santa that I fussy cut and popdotted. The greeting is also a rubon.

I punched a hole in the center, and strung the piece with some black twine, tying it to the center of my wreath.

For the holly and berries, the berries are a craft store find that I cut into smaller bits, evenly spaced them around the wreath and glued them on. The leaves I handcut out- with out a pattern, so they were imperfect as well. This would be even easier using diecut or punched holly leaves. I also glued these leaves on, interspersing them between the berries and leaving spaces to show off the grapevine.

To finish the wreath, I looped my ribbon three times, and knotted it with black twine, adding a large and 2 medium flowers then topping with a button.

20 comments:

That is a LOVELY wreath!! I am totally in love with all the winter/holiday themes by Bo Bunny this year (well every year, actually) & I always look forward to all the creative ideas you designers come up with using them! Thank you all so much!